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GREAT BRITAIN— ALASKAN BOUNDARY. 



EXCHANGE OF NOTES. 

ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO COMPLETE 
THE AWARD UNDER THE CONVENTION OF JANUARY 24, 1903, 
RESPECTING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN ALASKA AND THE 
BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN POSSESSIONS. 



Agreement Effected by Exchange of Notes, March 25, 1905. 



No. 187 Department of State 

Washington March 25, 1905 
Excellency, — Referring to your note of October 1st, and Mr. Hay's 
reply of December 2d, 190-1, in regard to the report b3' Messrs. O. H. 
Tittmann and W. F. King, the Commissioners appointed to carry out 
the delimitation of the Alaska boundary so far as it was left undefined 
by the Award of the London Tribunal, and concerning the character 
of our agreement between the United States and Great Britain for the 
formal acceptance of the recommendations of the Commissioners by 
an exchange of notes, I have the honor to state, b}^ direction of the 
President, that the Government of the United States agrees with the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty that the part of the boundary 
between Alaska and Canada l3'ino- between the points P and T men- 
tioned in the award of the Tribunal of 1903, shall be defined, in accord- 
ance with the general principles laid down by said Tribunal, by the 
summits whose geographical coordinates are given with sufficient 
approximation for identification in the attached Table, provided that 
the Commissioners are hereby empowered, after the}" have secured 
suflicient data, to select additional and intermediate peaks between the 
points 7 and 8 and 8 and T where the distances between the peaks 
given in the Table exceed the probable limit of intervisibilit}'. Pro- 
vided also that no such additional and intermediate peak shall be 
more than 2,500 meters from the straight line joining peaks 7 and 8 or 
s and T of the attached Table, as follows: 

table showing the positions and DISTANCES OF PEAKS. 

The latitudes and longitudes are taken from, and refer to, the Maps 
numbers 10 and 12 of the surveys made b}^ the British Commission 
under the Convention of 1892. The successive peaks are designated 
bv consecutive numbers, counting southward from Point P. 



Blli^S 



Points. 


Latitude. 


Longitude. 


From. 


to 


Approxi- 
mate Dis- 
tances 


Sheet 12 

1 


O 1 II 

58 36 29 
58 31 01 
58 24 40 
58 22 35 
58 16 10 
58 13 24 
58 09 07 


133 41 55 
133 33 14 
133 26 09 
133 27 09 
133 21 08 
133 16 48 
133 11 10 


P 

1 
2 

3 
4 
5 
6 

\ 


1 
2 
3 
4 

5 
6 

7 
8 
T 


Meters 
15, 840 


2 


12, isOO 




13, 680 


4 


4,000 
13, 200 


6 


6,960 
9,700 


Sheet 10 


81, 440 


8 


57 29 47 


132 32 .52 


36,800 







Your acknowledgment of this communication, with a similar state- 
ment on behalf of the Government of His Majest}^ will complete the 
agreed Exchange of Notes and will confirm and giv^e validit}' to the 
agreement reached by the Commissioners, thus completing the award 
of the London Tribunal under the Convention of January 24, 1903 as 
to the above-described part of the Alaska boundary. 

Expressing the President's satisfaction at this settlement of the 
matter, I have the honor to be. 

Your ExcellencA^'s obedient servant 

Alvet a. Adee 
A ding Sed^etary of State. 
His Excel lencv 

The Right Honble. 
Sir H. M. DuRAND. G. C. M. G., K. C. S. I., K. C. I. E. 
etc etc etc. 



No. 50. British Embassy, 

Wanhhujton, March 25th. 1905. 

Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 
187 of this date, in regard to the report by Messrs. W. F. King and O. 
H. Tittmann, the Commissioners appointed to carry out the delimita 
tion of the Alaska Boundarv so far as it was left undehned by the 
Award of the London Tribunal, and concerning the character of an 
agreement l)etween Great Britain and the United States for the formal 
acceptance of the recommendations of the Commissioners by an 
exchange of notes. 

By direction and on behalf of the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty, 1 have the honour to state that the Government of His Majesty 
agrees with the Government of the United States that the part of the 
boundary l)etween Canada and Alaska lying between the points P and 
T mentioned in the award of the Tribunal of 1908, shall be defined, in 
accordance with the general principles laid down by said Tribunal, by 
the summits whose geographical coordinates are given with suihcient 
approximation for identihcation in the attached Table, provided that 
the Commissioners are hereby empowered, after they have secured 
sufficient data, to select additional and intermediate peaks between the 
points 7 and 8 and 8 and T where the distances between the peaks 
given in the Table exceed the probable limit of intervisibility. Pro- 
vided also that no such additional and intermediate peak shall be more 
than 2,500 meters from the straight line joining peaks 7 and S or 8 and 
T of the attached Table, as follows: 



MAY IS 









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TABLE SHOWING THE POSITIONS AND DISTANCES OF PEAKS. 



The latitudes and longitudes are taken from, and refer to, the Maps 
numbers 10 and 12 of the survej'S made by the British Commission 
under the Convention of 1892. The successive peaks are designated 
by consecutive numbers, counting southward from Point P. 



Points. 


Latitude. 


Longitude. 


From. 


To. 


Approxi- 
mate Dis- 
tanoes 


Sheet 12. 

1 


O / II 

58 36 29 
68 31 01 
58 24 40 
58 22 35 
58 16 10 
58 13 24 
58 09 07 


o / // 

133 41 55 
133 33 14 
133 26 09 
133 27 09 
133 21 08 
133 16 48 
133 11 10 


P 

1 
2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

7 
8 


1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
T 


Meters. 
15, 840 


2 

3 


12,800 
13 680 


4 


4,000 


5 


13 ''00 


6 


6 960 


7 


9,700 


Sheet 10 


81 440 


8 


57 29 47 


132 32 52 


36 800 







I am instructed to express the gratification of my Government that, 
by this Exchange of Notes, confirmation and validity are given to the 
agreement reached by the Commissioners, thus completing the award 
of the London Tribunal, under the Convention of January 24, 1903, 
as to the above-described part of the Alaska Boundary. 
I have the honour to be, 

With the highest consideration, 
Sir, 
Your most obedient, 

humble Servant, 

H M DURAND 

- The Honorable John Hay, 

Secretary of State ^ etc., etc., etc. 



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